Somebody needs to start sticking up for Evan Ferguson.
Brighton and Hove Albion, his actual club, have been muted in the past six months as Roma manager Gian Piero Gasperini never missed a chance to criticise, to such an extent that he is ridiculing the 21-year old centre-forward. That is the key point: Ferguson is 21.
The latest comments by Gasperini have unnecessarily branded Ferguson as injury-prone.
“Every time he changes direction, he risks a small sprain,” said the Italian coach who revealed this week that the player has had four ankle injuries since signing for Roma on a season-long loan.
Gasperini did not want Ferguson. His stream of negative quotes and the reporting in Italy backs this up. He did want Donyell Malen, a…